International Printing and Graphic Communications Union

The International Printing and Graphic Communications Union (IPGCU) was a labor union representing printing workers in the United States and Canada.

International Printing and Graphic Communications Union
AbbreviationIPGCU
Merged intoGraphic Communications International Union
Formation1973 (1973)
Dissolved1983 (1983)
Merger of
TypeTrade union
Location
    • Canada
    • United States
Presidents
Affiliations

The union was established on 1 October 1973, when the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America merged with the International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the AFL–CIO.[1]

On formation, the union had 105,000 members, but this figure steadily fell, and by 1981, membership was down to 93,000.[2][dubiousdiscuss] On 25 May 1983, the union merged with the Graphic Arts International Union, to form the Graphic Communications International Union.[1]

Presidents

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1973: Alexander Rohan
1974: Sol Fishko[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Inactive Organizations" (PDF). UMD Labor Collections. University of Maryland. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. ^ Cornfield, Daniel B. (2013). Workers, Managers, and Technological Change. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1461318217.
  3. ^ "Sol Fishko Dies at 80; Led a Printers' Union". The New York Times. 10 April 1989. Retrieved 30 April 2022.